[Healeys] [Spridgets] 'glass' fenders, etc.

[pennell at cox.net]

Speaking of hardtops I have a vintage Parrish hardtop for a BJ8 for sale.  In VG condition but needs the seal kit which Smoothline carries.  Contact me off list if interested.

Keith Pennell

> I agree that replicas of the factory offerings would sell far better than
> the fugly stuff in their current catalog.
> 
> I found a mint MKII Sprite/MKI Midget factory top on Ebay just a few years
> ago out of AL, and paid something like $127 plus Greyhound shipping. They
> are the rarest of the factory Spridget tops, it seems, but they can be
> found. Occasionally you can also find an Ashley fastback top for a MKII
> Sprite/MKI Midget.
> 
> 2  seat BN6/BN7  factory big Healey hardtops are super expensive, super
> rare. I believe they share the same mold for the fiberglass of the much more
> common BN4/BT7 hardtop, with differences in the aluminum frame to match the
> curve of the 2 seater.
> 
> The reality is ALL factory hardtops, and rare specialty after market hardtop
> prices are way up. It took the Sprite hardtops a while, but a mint Bugeye
> hardtop can go for a grand now. A BN6/BN7 2 seater hardtop is north of $4k.